Title :
Multiwavelength fiber-amplifier cascades for networks
Author_Institution :
Bellcore, Red Bank, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. The advent of practical optical gain raises the prospect of lightwave networks with dazzling capacities, including large multiwavelength systems. Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers can be arranged in large cascades that deliver strong, well-regulated light levels in single-wavelength networks. However, substantial new challenges arise in amplified multiwavelength networks. We survey means of solving them
Keywords :
erbium; fibre lasers; optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; amplified multiwavelength networks; erbium-doped fiber amplifiers; large multiwavelength systems; light levels; lightwave networks; multiwavelength fiber-amplifier cascades; optical gain; single-wavelength networks; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical fiber networks; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1993. LEOS '93 Conference Proceedings. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1263-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1993.379234
